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Contributor Dunk, Longacre & Co., printer.
Henry A. Dreer (Firm), publisher.
Title A group of new fuchias [graphic] : From H. A. Dreer's Seed and Plant Establishment, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia / Printed in oil colors by Dunk, Longacre & Co., 30 and 32 S. Seventh St., Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published as a supplement to "Dreer's Garden Calendar for 1872"
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [ca. 1898]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 38 x 31 cm (15 x 12.25 in.)
Description Supplemental illustration to a garden calendar depicting sprigs of fuchias in tones of white, red, and purple. The sprigs also contain leaves. Each specimen is annotated with a printed number. Henry A. Dreer established a seed store in Philadelphia in 1838. It was incorporated in 1892 under his son, William F. Dreer, who assumed the business operations following his father's death in 1873.
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Includes key to flower specimens below image: No. 1. Regalia; " 2. Montrose; " 3. Enchantress; " 4. Tribune; " 5. Arabella Improved; " 6. Conspicua.
Manuscript note on recto: Jane Darlington.
Gift of David Doret.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Henry A. Dreer (Firm)
Seed trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flowers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Botanical illustrations -- 1870-1880.
IMPRINT PA. Philadelphia.
Printer Dunk, Longacre & Co., printer.
Henry A. Dreer (Firm), publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.17]
Accession number P.2018.63.17